Mine detail: Woodsreef

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -30.39638, 151.7319

Resource(N)

Primary: Asbestos
Ore: Chrysotile
Gangue: Magnesite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Dunite,Orthopyroxenite,Serpentinite
Structure:Peel Thrust
Tectonic:Great Serpentinite Belt
Alteration processes:Serpentinization

References

MRDSW700031
DEP10084819
Reference{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1987, JANUARY, P. 60.}{Deposit:: ASBESTOS, V. 63, NO. 7}{Deposit:: ASBESTOS, V. 64, NO. 7}{Deposit:: BUTT, B.C., 1981, 6. EXPLORATION FORECASTS AND EXPLOITATION REALITIES AT THE WOODSREEF MINE, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, IN RIORDAN, P.H., ED., GEOLOGY OF ASBESTOS DEPOSITS: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 63-75.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.